PRINTS Act

This bill makes it a crime for someone to use a child who is not their close relative or who they are not the legal guardian of to get into the United States. It requires U.S. Customs and Border Protection to fingerprint non-U.S. citizens under 14 years old if an officer suspects the child is a victim of human trafficking. The Department of Homeland Security must share those fingerprints with the Department of Health and Human Services when an unaccompanied child is transferred to their care. DHS must also report to Congress each year on how many children were fingerprinted under this law and publish monthly numbers on how many people were caught falsely claiming a child with them was a close relative.

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